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Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document someone’s vision of the truth. This past decade has seen a boom in non-fiction films that use animation to tell their stories and LIAF has been one of the vanguards with our annual showcase dedicated to the documentary form dating back to 2008. This year’s programme features 15 of the best true life stories coupled with mind-blowing imagery.
We will be joined by filmmakers Simon Ball, Maria Stanisheva, Eve Riddle, Emily Downe, Ivyy Chen and Jordan Antoniwicz-Behnan for a panel discussion after the screening. Screentalk at venue only.
Independent animation is an art form that continues to thrive and develop as a breathtaking medley of styles, materials, techniques and production – from hand-drawn, paint on glass, collage, sculpture, cut-outs, puppets, abstract to some of the more interesting developments in CGI – all of which can be seen at this year’s LIAF.
We’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,400 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 87 new films from 30 countries around the world. They can be funny, dramatic, bizarre, subdued, scary or autobiographical. The one thing they have in common is that we think they’re the pick of the crop. 8 international competition programmes. Every technique, every genre, every style – this is your annual window into the international indie animation universe.
Beatles vs Stones – Andrew Kelleher, UK
Why don’t we do it in the road? Which camp do you fall into – Beatles or Stones fan?
2022 3’10
Jefe – Byron Miller, Australia
A naive Australian finds work on an illegal marijuana farm in the middle of Murder Mountain, Humboldt County, California.
2021 4’30
Nobody Stands Nowhere – Emily Downe, UK
A film that reminds us there is no such thing as a neutral perspective and that everyone sees the world through a lens, or mix of lenses.
2021 2’35
Prosopagnosia – Steven Fraser, UK
Sketchbooks, photographs and diaries are intricately unravelled to tell a unique and personal story of living with face-blindness.
2021 10’15
Modo de Vida – A Goan Sketchbook – Rohit Karandadi, India
A quaint Goan life hides beneath its touristy facade. A Goa of sleepy balcaos, pushy fishmongers and of pilot bikes flitting on boiling afternoons; of the blend of traditions and a penchant for a slow life.
2021 4’40
Doomer Diaries – Eve Riddle, UK
Young people discuss their fear and worries of living in the 21st century: an age of anxiety.
2022 6’30
Girls Talk about Football – Paola Sorrentino, Italy
What is it like to be a girl in a boys’ world? 6 girls share their own experiences in a male dominated sport.
2021 7’20
Another Presence – Simon Ball, UK
The unique experiences of people living with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the third most common form of dementia in the UK, a condition that can cause dream-like symptoms, a condition like no other.
2022 12’00
The Greatest Poem – Elyse Kelly, USA
Inspired by the words of Walt Whitman, a spirited and uplifting poem and a collaborative love letter to the diversity of America.
2022 3’25
Celebrating Stephen Hawking – Matthew Simon Cruickshank, USA
A celebratory Google doodle for the great English physicist and cosmologist.
2021 2’30
Under the Endless Sky – Alexandra Dzhiganskaya, Ukraine/Austria
Personal memories of a place that no longer exists, of a life of freedom and security, of loved ones, shared moments and painful losses.
2022 4’00
Learning Disabilities in Primary Care – Ivyy Chen, UK
People with learning disabilities often experience worse physical and mental health. This film is a starting point to address these inequalities.
2022 6’10
Finding Home – Maria Stanisheva, France/Bulgaria/USA
A climate refugee from Brazil is forced to move from her home village to the big city in order to take care of her newborn baby as it struggles with microcephaly.
2022 6’40
A Taste for Music – Jordan Antonowicz-Behnan, UK
Living with a sick loved one can have benefits and problems. A self-reflection on the memories and the record collection of the director’s father.
2022 5’00
Imagination Blind: Aphantasia Explained – George Lee, UK
How do we create without imagination? This film aims to explain the condition of Aphantasia and ponder its subsequent impact on creativity.
2022 1’00
Our Funding Partner
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
